Edward Daniel Reynolds

Edward Daniel Reynolds (15 September 1820-18 May 1892) was a general of the US Army during the American Civil War.

Biography
Edward Daniel Reynolds was born in Teaneck, New Jersey on 15 September 1820. Reynolds graduated from West Point in 1842, and he served in the US Army during the Mexican-American War. Reynolds rose to the rank of Brigadier-General in the US Army at the start of the American Civil War, and Reynolds commanded forces on the Western theater of the war. On 17 June 1864, he was given command of the 6,000-strong Nashville Garrison, which grew in size as reinforcements arrived to build up the military presence in Tennessee during Reconstruction. Reynolds ensured that equal rights were given to African-Americans, both free blacks and freedmen, and he oversaw the suppression of southern nationalism, revanchism, and unfair laws.